Look Ma...No Tube March 20 Day 12

A long awaited day the tube came out. Oh how happy we are but I am becoming so exhausted that I don't know if anyone would know I am estatic. Even though it is great and wonderful to have the tube out it is also a whole different game. In the beginning I had the scare of hoping they wouldn't have to do an emergency intabate and scared because we have relied on a machine to breath for her for so long. Reese's breathing is a very loud wheez which they tell me is normal. It is due to her throat being inflamed making it sore and a little harder to breath. She now has to have breathing treatments. They also have had to put a small tube down through her nose back into her throat to suck out mucus that Reese doesn't want to cough up due to a sore throat. We have a few little interesting moments of drug withdrawls. Her eyes will sort of roll back and her lids are wide open. The first time it freaked me out and is still a little creepy. She gets the shakes a little bit. But considering the other symptoms of throwing up, sweating, shaking, scratching I would say we are very lucky to only have to deal with crazy eyes. Oh her other withdrawl symptom has been insomnia. They took the tube out around noon and she just now as gone back to sleep with a little help from some drugs.

Eric was able to come up this afternoon and the second Reese saw him her face turned bright red and she looked at him like oh there is somebody who will help me, somebody who will take all these cords off of me. Reese has actually been pretty good about not pulling at her cords too much. Johnny and Haley came up and when Haley sat down by Reese, Reesie pointed to her mouth. I think she was trying to tell Haley that her throat is sore. She sure is tiny too. Her arms and legs are so thin. I go to hold her this afternoon which was pure bliss. I have no idea how much longer in the ICU but things are looking up. They tell me that tomorow she will be breathing even better.